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unspent /ʌnˈspɛnt /adjective1Not spent: unspent receipts from the sale of council houses...- In recent years, a substantial proportion of grants have remained unspent and recouped by the Exchequer.
- A ministry official said that unspent cash left over from the 2004 budget would be transferred to the fund this month, meaning that the headline total of the fund, set up only last year, will rise again by Feb. 1.
- But he said there was no immediate need to increase the $350 million commitment because the most urgent task was coordinating all the aid that was pouring in, the vast majority still unspent.
1.1Not exhausted or used up: he shook with unspent rage...- After six hours of almost uninterrupted driving she was too full of unspent energy to remain calm.
- Her eyes were glassy with unspent anger and her hands were clenched into fists.
- Inside she was seething with some unspent rage.
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